The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, February 27, 1953 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, trom The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN ——— Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also ‘he local news published here. ONE MAN’S MEAT EERE SEES NERA re oar RINE RTS BEE Ct. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 eRe ESP EEL LER TM TIS ee lee aR IS ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue ind subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish inonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. NS THE ARGENTINE WAY A seven-million-ton wheat crop is now being harvest- ed in Argentina and the dictator-government has set the price at $3.40 per bushel. The only trouble with this price is that, under the International Wheat Agreement, U. S. wheat sells for $1.80 a bushel and free wheat. at $2.30 a oushel, In addition, Argentina recently sold India wheat at a price equivalent to $1.80 a bushel. However, the dictator- zovernment demands a higher price from its neighbors in South America. Recently, Paraguay signed a pact with Argentina for delivery of 70,000 tons of wheat at approxi- mately $3.40 a bushel, The Argentines owe the Government of Brazil some $100, 000, 000. It is said that Argentina has 600,000 tons of wheat and 120,000 tons of flour available for zil, al- though as this is written, no agreement on price has been reached, The Brazilians charge that because of the debt, Argentina is seeking to charge a high price for its wheat in an effort to reduce the debt as much as possible. One Brazilian official said negotiations between the. two coun- ‘ries have now reached a critical stag and that Brazil re- fused to be blackmailed in this way. The price being demanded by Argentina is typical of manuevers possible in a country controlled by a dictator. Brazil is not under compulsion to buy the wheat from Ar- gentina, but evidéntly the Argentines conclude that, at this late date, having expected the wheat come four weeks ago, the Brazilians will give in and pay the steeper price. Brazil and Argentina are the two logical leaders on the South American continent and there is already keen vivalry between the two. The Peron Government of Argen- tina is not improving relations between the two countries with his policies, and attempted hold-ups do not augur well for future relations between the two South American powers. Just: listen to a man talk about himself and he will either fool you or you will fool him. SS a Se La We have an idea that price controls limited _ profits, which seem to explain why the cost of living continues to rise, If Key West wants to go forward, it can accomplish the job but, first, the people must make up their minds as to what they want to do. SLICE OF HAM Ws NOTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO CARNAVAL Han vuelto a salir al Paseo, |Pierrot y Colombina. Esta vez, en lugar de la alegre pandereta y los risuefios cascabeles, segura- mente, traen cada uno sendas ametralladoras. Es el sintoma de esta época de zozobra y ansiedad para todos los hogares. E] Carna- val es algo que entretiene, pero es a la vez, de una objetiva ensefan- Za. Nos ensefian estas fiestas, el arte que tienen algunas personas, Para ir disfrazadas por el camino de la existencia, muchas de ellas, con la piel suave y blanca de las ovejas, pero tras ella, la rayada del lobo, del sanguinario tigre. de Bengala. Se En estos dias, la humanidad rie; se divierte y se olvida con, +fre-; euencia, Ye las grandes penas azotan a la humanidad, de los in- tensos sinsabores que viven algu- nos hogares y el dolor que palpita |i el seno de innumerables fami- lias, Todos piensan en divertirse, en bailar, en reir . . . La risa es a veces, la musica del corazén. Los que se rien, suelen disipar sus pe- nas, lanzando al aire sonoras car- vajadas. Los que sufren, solo sa- ben sonreir y esas sonrisas, son siempre verdaderos rictus, que ocultan hondas e inconsolables pe- sadumbres. La humanidad va tras la fiesta, porque el dolor, eterno compaiie- ro del hombre, tiene que tener frente a su garra cruel, el sonoro cageabel de la alegria, aunque so- lo sea temporalmente. De esas ri- sa§ queda el grato, el arnable re- cuerdo. El Carnaval es una fiesta que la vive la humanidad todos los dias. Es curioso ver esas lindas ca- rrozas, portando bellisimas mu- jJeres, que evan sobre sus cabe- lleras ora rubias, ora negrisimas, la gorona de un efimero reinado. Sienten el bienestar del halago, de la cortesia y viven unos dias de grata recordacién, para despues que pasa el carnaval, con sus conffetis y sus policromas serpen- tinas, volver a uncirse silenciosa- mente, al carro del dolor y con- tinuar por el piélago inmenso de la existencia, arrastrando la pe- sada cadena de las angustias, Pero, esas jovencitas gozan, se divierten. Mientras van luciendo su belleza, sobre la artistica ca- rroza, solo piensan en los que les admiran y acaso si de pupilas a- dentro suefian con la legada de un.lindo Principe Azul, que las Neve de véras al trono del matri- monio, rodeada del esplendor de una Corte que solo dura, lo que duran los festejos carnavalescos. Pero, no es posible privar a esa juventid de las horas de inefable bienestar y de suefios color de ro- Sa, que les brinda el Carnaval. Es &@ Manera de un poderoso estimu- lo, que les ofrece alegria y acaso si alguna mal aprovechada ex- | Periencia, para sortear mas tar | de, log guijarros del camino y |Marchar con ménos prisa, por el jbrevisimo camino de la existen- cla. Colombina, con su linda carita coloreada y sus labios carmesi y el pobre Pierrot, siempre triste, bierta por la blancura dei maqui Naje, sigue tras ella. como de mostando que en este la alegria va siempre seguida de! do- jlor. Calombina rie. mientras del Pecho de Pierrot. CG Sus ojos Opacos, su cara cu-/ prende en el corazén de los que, con mas experiencia, vamos _tro- tando por la carretera que con- duce a la estacién final de la existencia. Cascabeles, panderetas, corne- tas, atributos todos de esos dias len que La Habana celebra jubilo- sa las Yiestas de Momo, tratando de olvidar, tratando los mas vie- jos, de representar de nuevo la dulce comedia de la juventud, mintras los mas jévenes, sin pen- sar en otra cosa que en divertir- se, no sienten la nostalgia de dias que se fueron, ni de otros carna- vales, idénticos a los presentes, que nada dejaron en el corazon de los que los vivieron, como no sea el recuerdo triste de esas que fueran Reinas una breve temnpo- rada y que después, calamida- des y sinsabores, cubrieron de /Sombras el camino que siguie- jrom ss. des desconcertantes de la cruenta lucha por la existencia. Las ba- tallas diarias, frente a las envi- dias malvadas, los disgustos peren- nes, defendiendo el patrimonio familiar. Y cuando descienden de las carrozas, tarde en la noche y retornan al hogar pobre y en- cuentran alli a la madrecita ani- mosa, que simula sentirse feliz ante el reinado de la hija idola- BOYLE - SAYS NEW YORK (@®—Legislation is like erosion. It changes things, but slowly. Thousands of American legisla- tors every year introduce thou- sands of bills designed to do every- thing from abolishing whooping cough to encouraging maternal in- stincts in the whooping crane. This paper blizzard of proposed changes usually blows its way out with small results. A legislature is more inclined by human nature to pas the buck than to pass a con- troversial bill. But the legislator who did intro- duce the bill is at least given the credit of a good intention. In this respect I have already picked my “Hero Solon of 1953.” He is State Sen. Walter Troxel of North Dakota, and he wants to make a simple, but far-reaching change in an old American social custom. He seeks to make it il- legal for a fellow to belly up to a bar and buy a.round for all his buddies in the joint. The senator is agin the cherished ery, “This round’s on me, boys,” on the grounds it leads to exces- sive drinking. He feels it causes the other gents at the bar to in- dulge in competition and feel bound to stand a round in turn. This word picture rather con- flicts with a famous painting that used to hang in practically every barroom in the West. The painting showed a bunch of thirsty, busted cowpokes and prospectors leaning against a bar behind which dozed a bartender pillowed on a cash register hung with cobwebs. The title of this.famous painting was “Waiting for a Live One.” And somehow this still seems a more realistic portrait of the situa- tion at the average bar. A Manhattan bartender to whom I mentioned Sen. Troxel’s cam- paign said: trada y al padre austero, que| “The eager beaver round buyers sospecha lo que piensa y sufre su are dying out. Today when a fellow compafiera, acaso si esas reineci-| buys a round he is disappointed if tas del Carnaval, tarden en con-! you don’t take his photograph and ciliar el suefio, tarden en sentir-| break into applause. se tranquilas espiritualmente. Por-| ‘Perhaps they have a better que, es innegable que el exceso de | class of people in the bars out that requiebros, la abundancia de hala- | way. Most of my customers buy a gos, es a manera de una droga,| couple of shots and then want to que suele ofrecer breve bienestar, | know when th ehouse is going to pero, exactarnentc igual que esas} pop. When I tell them it is now drogas estupefacientes, destruyen | against the law to serve drinks on el sistema nervioso y the house, they say okay, they will fisicamente. Las otras drogas, las| wait until the law is changed. del halago y el requiebro, al final, | Meanwhile they got both big paws arruinan para siempre el espiritu, que es mucho mas doloroso aun que el cuerpo. Porque el cuerpo, con atenciones se recupera y re- juvenece, mientras que el espiritu atribulado y pleno de descepcio- mes, jamas siente florecer de Cuando al pasar frente a noso-|nuevo en su jardin interior, las tros una de esas artisticas carro- zas, observamos a sus integran- tes, siempre adivinamos que en- tre ellas, las hay, que estén pen- sando mas en el porvenir que en el presente, leno de ensofiacio- ties y de alegrias. Algunas, que despues de haber sido coronadas, como un halago a su vanidad de mujeres bellas, piensan que tras todo eso, que es efimero, tran- sitorio, se esconden las realida- rojas amapolas de la esperanza y las blancas azucenas del Ideal. Pero, seguira la humanidad dis- frutando anualmente de los Car- navales y Colombina, algo enveje- cida, continuara siendo la obse- cién del infeliz Pierrot, mientras Cronos, con su implacable obser- vacion, marcaré la etapa final, silenciosamente, sin aquellos cas- cabeles retozones, ni las sonoras | Pl Panderetas del Carnaval .,.. By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON W —President Eisenhower and Premier Stalin may eventually meet at a cold war peace conference, but all evi- dence here indicates that Soviet world intentions will first have to undergo a clear cuange. That was the plain import of Eisenhower’s news conference ‘omment recently on a possible meeting with the Sovtet leader. It is also the word that comes from U. S. diplomatic authorities who may not be named. To hold a meeting in the absence of prior proof of Soviet sincerity, authorities here fee!. would be to court two grave dangers: } 1. If the U. S. and cther West- em Powers. were committed to } make the session successful but | Russia was not, then success Could be bought only at the price of new | concessions to Russia. 2. If on the other hand the U. S. and its allies as well as Russia went into a conference cynically | expecting only to make propagan- {da against the other side, then the resulting failure to realize world hopes for peace would al- most certainly increase the dan- ; ger of a new world war | In the latter part of his adminis- tration, former President Truman habitually replied to questions about a meeting with Stalin by Saying he would be glad te see; the Soviet Premier in Washington.” Soviet Views Must Change If Peace Conference Is Success talks have been held at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. At Eisenhower's news conference a reporter recalled that last Christ- mas Stalin had written a New York Times newsman that he would regard favorably steps look- ing toward a meeting with Eisen- hower. The President was asked for his reaction. He said he would meet anyone anywhere provided certain condi- tions were met: (1) he would have to believe that the meeting would in the free nut and potato chip bowls.” Actually, the real argument against buying a round today isn’t that it leads to excessive drinking. It leads to excessive poverty, liq- uor prices being what they are. The law of self-preservation is curbing the old saying, “Now it's my turn.” : Many wives today complain the real problem has shifted from the bar to the home. “The neighbors drop over to watch a television program,” one wife complained, “‘and they sit around all evening wearing holes in your furniture and liquor sup- vwhat every community needs is a law to take care of its float- ing free loaders. How about mak- ing it illegal to visit anybody un- less you showed up with a picnic basket and a full bottle?” There you are, Senator. Forget the bar. Save the home. Babson Forecasts Economic Upset By Western Europe THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB “Notas Cubanas” by Raoul Al- pizar Poyo, the newest feature in the Citizen, has received a lot of praise from Spanish readers. Since my knowledge of the language is limited to a few naughty words and the numbers called in the {Cuban lottery, I can’t make any comment other than to encourage the column’s author by passing along favorable talk. | Quite a few people have told ; me that the Spanish column is the first thing for which, they look. Tourists enjoy the Latin-American. flavor that it lends the paper while many local residents find they seldom use English in their | daily life. | You would be surprised at the [number of natives as well as adopted. Cubans who have spent their lives in Key West without learning to speak English. An even more amazing fact though, is to consider the number of people like myself who have never taken ad- vantage of the opportunity to learn Spanish. Oh well, if it weren’t for lazy folks, such magazines as “Look” or “Life” wouldn't be able to give employment to so many people -- which reminds me -- Machado, Ba- tista, or whoever is President of Cuba has let us down in late years. It used to be that you could go into any barber shop and look at inspirational picture from our neighboring Republic. Those illustrated punlications' relly provided a cultural attraction be- tween the two nations but nowa- days the man who waits for a hair- cut has to content himself with American products like ‘Sunshine and Health,” “Cap’t Billy’s Whiz Bang,” or trashy comic books. Key West Modesty I don’t want to get off on the subject of barber shops because most of the things you hear there won’t bear repeating. However, several of us were standing near :the corner of Southard and Duval Brando Still Is A Surpri rise To Hollywood By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD w — The movie town has learned to expect any- thing from Marlon Brando. But folks were surprised to learn he will wind up his film career after one more picture. T’'m always leary of actors who announce that they are giving up the movies after'a certain number of pictures. So I pinned Brando down on his decision and learned that he is earnest about it, “T’'m not saying I'll never see Hollywood again,” he remarked. “Nobody can foresee the future that well. But my present plan is to do ‘Pal Joey’ this fall, In the fall of 1954, I'll take an extended trip around the world that will last a year. After that, I'll confine my acting to the stage. “This is the result of a long- term plan. I got what I wanted out of pictures. I was able to buy a ranch for my foiks in Nebraska and provide a nest egg for my- self. Now I can do the things I want to do.” * Brando has won two Academy nominations (‘‘* Streetcar Named Desire,” “Viva Zapata!”) out of Spanish easier to read because’ magazines ;mentionables” that la | ported BABSON PARK, Fila. (#—Roger | Babson, the economist-columnist, | forecast that it is possible that) Western Europe can forget Russia temporarily and turn against this nation in an economic way. H Babson made this prediction in | {do some good for the cause of | speech entitled “We should re- Peace; (2) it would have to be ia | Senber that Europe can retaliate” keeping with what the American at the 26th annual Webber College | people thought suitable for their} Business Conference. | Chief Executive (3) it would have! He said “I believe that England }to be at some reasonable place; | prance and Italy are fast reaching (4) it would have to be held with | the point where they will stop ‘the full knowledge of America’s! paying interest on their bonds, jallies as to what was to be talked | stocks or notes held abroad. about. | “] further forecast that if labor Furthermore, the President said |leaders and manufacturers raise that any worthwhile program for | tariffs to avoid unemployment, peace would have to make certain | these nations will retaliate and that the peace was self-enforcing | punish us economically. Surely any —that it was protected by safe-/ such move could make the stock guards against violations. | market fall 100 points.” Shortly after Stalin's Christmas; He cautioned that Western Eu- comments were released Secretary | rope is organizing 2 combine to of State Dulles challenged the Rus-|keep strategic materials obtained sians to put forth concrete pro |in Africa to itself. He also ssid posals. There has been no Krem- | juan Peron of Argentina “is se- lin reply ducing Chile and Bolivia to keep Ae THe ea RE South America mineral products WIVES OF W. VA. away from us. Petroleum in the SENATORS TO VISIT CHARLESTON, W. Va. #—The | Arab countries is menanced.” Jockey Albert Wideman of | No one expected Stalin to come West Virginia Senate may make a | Tampa, Fla, once was a model bere Eisenbower’s position, af | Wednesday, was that he would willing to meet Statin balfway — —~ between Moscow and) a sta premier has shown no will- courtly bow to womanhood and in- vite wives to sit with the senators for one day. Action os the bipartisan by Democrat Ward Wylig and Re- In the past, the Rus- publican E. Ray Reed was pot mas over for a day \for boys’ clothes. Wideman was torn im San Diego, Calif. jwhat the Creator said after be | found man. ‘ft ls not good that the tbould be ‘alone,” and to be They the made woman.” want brotan sollozos _ingness to go beyond the limits of| Their resolution took a cue from wives to sit with their basbands de uma angustia contagiosa, que Red Army power. Such toplevel the Scriptures—“We know too well ag the March $ session. the other day and conducting our- Selves like all-good, drugstore cow- boys. Having thoroughly the affairs of the nation and de- cided that the time had come when the U. S. should be returned to the Indians and Key West given back to the horse-shoe crabs, some- one brought up the completely ir- relevant subject of modesty. Of course, we hadn’t noticed any of the near-nude women walking up and down the street -- polite drugstore cowboys. never do. We were merely interested in the sub- ject from a philosophical stand- ed to tell us how strict Key West- ers were a few yeais back regard- ing nuaity. Women kept themselves well hidden under a bundle of clothes glory of the clothes-conscious cru- saders came with their question- able victory over a barber shop owner on Duval St. This barber shop has two semi- nude statues - sort of style -- which frame the mirrors on the wall. Key Westers that such statues were and demanded that the barber finishing clothing them. In an ef- fort to oblige, he went over to Kress, bought some of the are ; & 3 to wear and ta i i on the & : z 3 zi i i: gi8 i B ri E i i Hil i i i 3 ? & i ‘ ih ! eialt good performance pure 53 g i elements il 5 | i $ F eres i E g z i FE n : i i i : Hele i H i E f i | i RFS = ? il fall 5 E i i i i afl